Actively Recruiting
Zilucoplan for Severe gMG Exacerbations
Led by Miriam Freimer · Updated on 2026-02-23
15
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
114 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
M
Miriam Freimer
Lead Sponsor
U
UCB Pharma
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is an open-label, multicenter, interventional phase 3b study in participants with AChR+ gMG and severe exacerbation that require hospitalization. Patients will receive subcutaneous zilucoplan injections daily for 12 weeks. Participation in the study will last for approximately 18 weeks.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Zilucoplan for Severe gMG Exacerbations
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Severe myasthenia gravis exacerbation requiring hospitalization, with bulbar and/or respiratory symptoms or neck extension weakness
- MGFA class II to IVb
- Male or female aged 18 years or older
- MG-ADL score of 6 or higher in non-ocular domains
- Positive acetylcholine receptor antibody test (AChR+) or historically documented positive result
- Negative serum pregnancy test for women of child-bearing potential
- Willingness to use acceptable birth control methods during the study and for 40 days after last dose for women of child-bearing potential and men with partners of child-bearing potential
- Completed or started meningococcal vaccination with appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis as per guidelines
You will not qualify if you...
- History of meningococcal disease
- Requirement for intubation before starting the study
- Recent serious infections causing exacerbation, such as sepsis or wound infections
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Surgery within 4 weeks before the study (minor procedures allowed at investigator's discretion)
- Use or known failure of C5 inhibitors within the past 3 months
- Plasma exchange or IVIG started within the past 4 weeks
- Participation in another clinical trial with a therapeutic drug
- Rituximab treatment within the past 9 months
- Any other significant illness or condition posing risk or confounding the study as judged by the investigator
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Julie Agriesti, MACPR, CCRC
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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